diff --git a/modelling/pymod/_denovo.py b/modelling/pymod/_denovo.py
index 445c9574c829b4bc02f3eed107e68586bacdff34..2ccc6650f435b55a84a73d64d90c0a7c89c82940 100644
--- a/modelling/pymod/_denovo.py
+++ b/modelling/pymod/_denovo.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 
 from promod3 import scoring, loop
+from _fragger_handle import FraggerHandle
 from _modelling import *
 
 def GenerateDeNovoTrajectories(sequence, 
@@ -97,9 +98,9 @@ def GenerateDeNovoTrajectories(sequence,
 
     if fragment_handler == None:
         # we first have to build our own handler
-        fragment_handler = modelling.FraggerHandle(sequence, 
-                                                   profile = profile, 
-                                                   psipred_pred = psipred_prediction)
+        fragment_handler = FraggerHandle(sequence, 
+                                         profile = profile, 
+                                         psipred_pred = psipred_prediction)
     fragger_list = fragment_handler.GetList()
 
     if scorer == None: